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Ecclesiastes 1:4
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Ecclesiastes 1:4
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Generations come and generations go, but the earth remains forever.
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Ecclesiastes 1:4 in Other Translations
KJV
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One generation passeth away, and another generation cometh: but the earth abideth for ever.
ESV
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A generation goes, and a generation comes, but the earth remains forever.
NLT
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Generations come and generations go, but the earth never changes.
MSG
4
One generation goes its way, the next one arrives, but nothing changes - it's business as usual for old planet earth.
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A generation goes and a generation comes, but the earth remains forever.
Ecclesiastes 1:4 In-Context
2
“Meaningless! Meaningless!” says the Teacher. “Utterly meaningless! Everything is meaningless.”
3
What do people gain from all their labors at which they toil under the sun?
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Generations come and generations go, but the earth remains forever.
5
The sun rises and the sun sets, and hurries back to where it rises.
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The wind blows to the south and turns to the north; round and round it goes, ever returning on its course.
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Job 8:19
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Psalms 104:5
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Psalms 119:90
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